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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:20 AM Original message |
Why Is It Called a Double-U, When It Really Looks Like A Double-V |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Did you ever try to write with a chisel? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. so how did they chisel U's |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. U's looked like V's |
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DarkPhenyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. "U"'s used to look like "V"'s. |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. In French it is called a double V. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I think it is pronounced 'doble ve' in spanish too, is it not? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why are you called Magic Rat when you are neither Magical nor a Rat |
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Mistress Quickly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. lol n/t |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'm magical |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. In Spanish, it goes either way |
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FoolishMoon (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. Roman alphabet |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. wha? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. It was invented by the same people who drew up the Medicare Rx |
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Dedalus (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-04 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. good question |
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